Santa Anita Has New Protocols for Downhill Turf Course

Santa Anita has new protocols for downhill turf course

Santa Anita changed the protocols for its downhill turf course in an apparent effort to increase safety associated with the dirt-course crossover. Daily Racing Form noted that the new protocols follow a fatal injury on the course April 4, one of two fatalities on the course during the winter meet. The protocols, dated April 18, are available as part of the track's condition book rules. One of the new rules is that sprints on the course, at 6 1/2…

New protocols released for Santa Anita downhill turf course

In the wake of a fatal breakdown in a hillside turf sprint April 4, followed by miscommunication that compromised heavily favored Queen Maxima in the Grade 3 Monrovia Stakes the same day, Santa Anita veterinary staff have issued new protocols for hillside turf sprints.